B&w, copper engraving, 34 x 44 cm. on sheet 45.5 x 55 cm. ;Detached folded plate. ;Shows the Balkan Peninsula bording the Adriatic Sea. Includes Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and southern Hungary. ;Relief and population centers shown pictorially. ;Has graduated borders. ;Title in upper right corner in elaborate cartouche. ;Text in lower left corner "Loca incertae positionis" within elaborate cartouche. ;Dedication in upper left within elaborate cartouche. ;In lower center: "Cum gratia et privilegio decennali 1590." ;"Ex conatibus geographicis Abrahami Ortelij Antverpiani." ;On verso: Latin text "Pannonia et Illyris." At bottom of 1st page: "I". At bottom of 2nd page: ill. front and back roman coin of Traianus Decius Augustus / Pannoniae. ;Detached sheet from: Theatrum orbis terrarum ... / Abraham Ortelius, 1595. ;Additional description available in J. Eugene Horvath's: A Canadian collection of Hungarica [CCH]. v. 2, Maps & city views 1493-1817. (Library has book). ;Map from the Horvath Collection [CCH-16].

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